Observation by Nick James: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Jul 22 - 23:03

Uploaded

2018 Jul 23 - 06:23

Objects

21P Giacobini-Zinner

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Constellation

Cepheus

Field centre

RA: 22^h53^m
Dec: +62°00'
Position angle: +0°37'

Field size

0°36' × 0°26'

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

30x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Title

21P/Giacobini-Zinner

About this image

Back to 21P/Giacobini-Zinner after all the excitement with C/2017 S3. Tonight 21P is passing near to the star-forming region Cepheus A which is on the left hand edge of this frame and which is part of the larger sh2-155 complex which is just to the north of this frame.

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21p_20180723_0003_ndj.jpg (864.5 kB)

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Graham Winstanley, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Callum Potter, Andy Wilson, Jeremy Shears, Alun Halsey, Peter Carson

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